American Funds US Government Money Market Fund

11/29/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/29/2024 09:54

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497K

American Funds®
U.S. Government
Money Market Fund

Summary prospectus

December 1, 2024

Class A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 529-A 529-C 529-E 529-T 529-F-1 529-F-2
AFAXX AFCXX TTMXX AFFXX AFGXX USGXX AAFXX CCFXX EAFXX TSIXX FARXX FFFXX
Class 529-F-3 ABLE-A ABLE-F-2 R-1 R-2 R-2E R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6
FMUXX AAZXX ABZXX RAAXX RABXX RBEXX RACXX RADXX RAGXX RAEXX RAFXX
Before you invest, you may want to review the fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, which contain more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund's prospectus, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders and other information about the fund online at capitalgroup.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 421-4225 or by sending an email request to [email protected]. The current prospectus and statement of additional information, dated December 1, 2024, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.

Investment objective The investment objective of the fund is to provide you with a way to earn income on your cash reserves while preserving capital and maintaining liquidity. The fund is a government money market fund that seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share.

Fees and expenses of the fund This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. For example, in addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class F-2, F-3, 529-F-2, 529-F-3 or ABLE-F-2 shares of the fund. Upon selling shares of the fund or exchanging those shares for shares of other American Funds, you may qualify for certain sales charge discounts. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the sales charge waiver appendix to this prospectus.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share class: A 529-A and ABLE-A C and
529-C
529-E T and
529-T
All F,
529-F and
ABLE-F-2 share classes
All R
share
classes
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) none none none none none none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed) none none 1.00% none none none none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends none none none none none none none
Redemption or exchange fees none none none none none none none

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Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 529-A 529-C
Management fees 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.13 0.25 0.00 0.24 none none 0.13 0.25
Other expenses 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.16 0.16
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.51 0.63 0.37 0.66 0.38 0.31 0.56 0.68
Share class: 529-E 529-T 529-F-1 529-F-2 529-F-3 ABLE-A ABLE-F-2 R-1
Management fees 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.25 0.00 0.25 none none 0.12 none 0.00
Other expenses 0.15 0.16 0.21 0.15 0.10 0.15 0.15 0.11
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.67 0.43 0.73 0.42 0.37 0.54 0.42 0.38
Fee waiver - - - - - 0.06* 0.06* -
Total annual fund operating expenses after
fee waiver
0.67 0.43 0.73 0.42 0.37 0.48 0.36 0.38
Share class: R-2 R-2E R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6
Management fees 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.27%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.75 0.60 0.50 0.25 none none none
Other expenses 0.38 0.24 0.19 0.14 0.19 0.09 0.04
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.40 1.11 0.96 0.66 0.46 0.36 0.31

* Commonwealth Savers Plan, as program administrator of ABLEAmerica, is currently waiving the fee owed to it as compensation for its oversight and administration of ABLEAmerica. This waiver will be in effect through at least December 1, 2025. Subject to the terms of its contractual arrangement with the investment adviser, Commonwealth Savers Plan may elect to extend, modify or terminate the waiver at that time.

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Example This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses remain the same. The example reflects the fee waiver described above through the expiration date of such fee waiver and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. You may be required to pay brokerage commissions on your purchases and sales of Class F-2, F-3, 529-F-2, 529-F-3 or ABLE-F-2 shares of the fund, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 529-A 529-C 529-E 529-T
1 year $52 $164 $287 $67 $39 $32 $57 $169 $68 $293
3 years 164 202 366 211 122 100 179 218 214 385
5 years 285 351 452 368 213 174 313 379 373 485
10 years 640 751 706 822 480 393 701 765 835 779
Share class: 529-F-1 529-F-2 529-F-3 ABLE-A ABLE-F-2 R-1 R-2 R-2E R-3 R-4
1 year $75 $43 $38 $49 $37 $39 $143 $113 $98 $67
3 years 233 135 119 167 129 122 443 353 306 211
5 years 406 235 208 296 229 213 766 612 531 368
10 years 906 530 468 671 524 480 1,680 1,352 1,178 822
Share class: R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C 529-C
1 year $47 $37 $32 1 year $64 $69
3 years 148 116 100 3 years 202 218
5 years 258 202 174 5 years 351 379
10 years 579 456 393 10 years 751 765

Principal investment strategies The fund will invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. Treasury securities and other government securities guaranteed or issued by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government, and repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by cash or government securities. Additionally, at least 80% of the fund's assets will normally be invested in securities that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by government securities.

Repurchase agreements are agreements under which the fund purchases a security from a bank or broker-dealer and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the security at a specified time and price. Because the security purchased by the fund constitutes collateral for the seller's repurchase obligation, a repurchase agreement is effectively a loan by the fund that is collateralized by the security purchased. The fund will only enter into repurchase agreements involving securities of the type (excluding any maturity limitations) in which it could otherwise invest. In practice, the fund expects to enter only into repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by cash or U.S. government securities.

The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to make decisions about the fund's portfolio investments. The basic investment philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to provide current income while preserving capital and maintaining liquidity.

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Principal risks This section describes the principal risks associated with investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

Market conditions - The prices of, and the income generated by, the securities held by the fund may decline - sometimes rapidly or unpredictably - due to various factors, including events or conditions affecting the general economy or particular industries or companies; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; governmental, governmental agency or central bank responses to economic conditions; levels of public debt and deficits; changes in inflation rates; and currency exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.

Economies and financial markets throughout the world are highly interconnected. Economic, financial or political events, trading and tariff arrangements, wars, terrorism, cybersecurity events, natural disasters, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious disease), bank failures and other circumstances in one country or region, including actions taken by governmental or quasi-governmental authorities in response to any of the foregoing, could have impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries affected, the value and liquidity of the fund's investments may be negatively affected by developments in other countries and regions.

Investing in securities backed by the U.S. government - U.S. government securities are subject to market risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Securities backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the U.S. government are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Accordingly, the current market values for these securities will fluctuate with changes in interest rates and the credit rating of the U.S. government. Notwithstanding that these securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, circumstances could arise that would prevent or delay the payment of interest or principal on these securities, which could adversely affect their value and the fund's ability to preserve the value of your investment. In such a situation, the fund may not be able to preserve its net asset value of $1.00 per share. Such an event could lead to significant disruptions in U.S. and global markets.

Securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored entities and federal agencies and instrumentalities that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government.

Interest rate risk - The values and liquidity of the securities held by the fund may be affected by changing interest rates. For example, the values of these securities may decline when interest rates rise and increase when interest rates fall. Longer maturity debt securities generally have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates and may be subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. The fund may invest in variable and floating rate securities. When the fund holds variable or floating rate securities, a decrease in market interest rates will adversely affect the income received from such securities and the net asset value of the fund's shares. Although the values of such securities are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than those of other debt securities, the value of variable and floating rate securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as market interest rates. Conversely, floating rate securities will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. During periods of extremely low or negative short-term interest rates, the fund may not be able

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to maintain a positive yield or total return or be able to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share and, in relatively low interest rate environments, there are heightened risks associated with rising interest rates.

Investing in repurchase agreements - Upon entering into a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases a security from a bank or broker-dealer, which simultaneously commits to repurchase the security within a specified time at the fund's cost with interest. The security purchased by the fund constitutes collateral for the seller's repurchase obligation. If the party agreeing to repurchase should default, the fund may seek to sell the security it holds as collateral. The fund may incur a loss if the value of the collateral securing the repurchase obligation falls below the repurchase price. The fund may also incur disposition costs and encounter procedural delays in connection with liquidating the collateral.

Management - The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund's investments. Consequently, the fund is subject to the risk that the methods and analyses, including models, tools and data, employed by the investment adviser in this process may be flawed or incorrect and may not produce the desired results.

You could lose money by investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the fund is not a bank account and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The fund's sponsor is not required to reimburse the fund for losses, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the fund at any time, including during periods of market stress. You should consider how this fund fits into your overall investment program.

Investment results The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of securities market results and other applicable measures of market results. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. Past investment results are not predictive of future investment results. Prior to October 30, 2020, certain fees, such as 12b-1 fees, were not charged on Class 529-F-1 shares. If these expenses had been deducted, results would have been lower. Updated information on the fund's investment results can be obtained by visiting capitalgroup.com.

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Average annual total returns For the periods ended December 31, 2023:
Share classes (before taxes) Inception date 1 year 5 years 10 years Lifetime
A 5/1/2009 4.68% 1.61% 1.00% 0.68%
C 5/1/2009 3.55 1.58 0.99 0.68
F-1 5/1/2009 4.52 1.46 0.87 0.59
F-2 5/1/2009 4.81 1.64 1.00 0.68
F-3 1/27/2017 4.88 1.68 N/A 1.50
529-A 5/1/2009 4.62 1.57 0.96 0.65
529-C 5/1/2009 3.49 1.54 0.96 0.65
529-E 5/1/2009 4.50 1.55 0.95 0.65
529-F-1 5/1/2009 4.69 1.58 0.97 0.66
529-F-2 10/30/2020 4.79 N/A N/A 1.91
529-F-3 10/30/2020 4.81 N/A N/A 1.92
ABLE-A 7/13/2018 4.71 1.62 N/A 1.63
ABLE-F-2 10/30/2020 4.83 N/A N/A 1.93
R-1 5/1/2009 4.81 1.62 1.00 0.68
R-2 5/1/2009 3.75 1.05 0.57 0.39
R-2E 8/29/2014 4.06 1.21 N/A 0.73
R-3 5/1/2009 4.21 1.29 0.74 0.50
R-4 5/1/2009 4.52 1.47 0.87 0.59
R-5E 11/20/2015 4.73 1.59 N/A 1.19
R-5 5/1/2009 4.83 1.64 1.01 0.69
R-6 5/1/2009 4.88 1.68 1.04 0.71
Indexes 1 year 5 years 10 years Lifetime
(from Class F-2 inception)
USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes) 5.42% 2.01% 1.34% 0.94%
For current 7-day yield information, please call American Funds Service Company at (800) 421-4225 or visit capitalgroup.com.

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Management

Investment adviser Capital Research and Management Company

Purchase and sale of fund shares The minimum amount to establish an account for all share classes is normally $1,000 and the minimum to add to an account is $50. For a payroll deduction retirement plan account, payroll deduction savings plan account or employer-sponsored 529 account, the minimum is $25 to establish or add to an account. For accounts with Class F-3 shares held and serviced by the fund's transfer agent, the minimum investment amount is $1 million.

If you are a retail investor, you may sell (redeem) shares on any business day through your dealer or financial professional or by writing to American Funds Service Company® at P.O. Box 6007, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6007; telephoning American Funds Service Company at (800) 421-4225; faxing American Funds Service Company at (888) 421-4351; or accessing our website at capitalgroup.com. Please contact your plan administrator or recordkeeper to sell (redeem) shares from your retirement plan.

Tax information Dividends you receive from the fund are subject to federal income taxes and may also be subject to state and local taxes, unless you are tax-exempt or your account is tax-favored. Generally, redemptions, including exchanges, will not result in a capital gain or loss for federal or state income tax purposes.

Payments to broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and the fund's distributor or its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your individual financial professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial professional or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

You can access the fund's statutory prospectus or SAI at capitalgroup.com/prospectus.
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THE FUND PROVIDES A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE SUMMARY PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC OFFERING AND SALE OF ITS SHARES. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUMMARY PROSPECTUS ABOVE IS A FAIR AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE SPANISH EQUIVALENT.

/s/ COURTNEY R. TAYLOR
COURTNEY R. TAYLOR
SECRETARY